Joshua
I was thinking about my precious boy yesterday. I looked at my stats and saw (as usual - every single day) that I had hits on Joshua's birth and promotion blog posts. I clicked into the comments of the...
View ArticleSaying goodbye when you're not prepared
Sunday morning I got a phone call I did not expect. It was about 8am, I was dozing in front of Nick Jr, hoping my girls didn't destroy anything while I nodded off. Matt's phone was beside me on the...
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It's not that I don't love you over here at Be Strong & Courageous. I do. I just have so much on my plate right now that blogging has taken a back seat.This is not to say that the *computer* has...
View ArticleWhy I love the thrift store
Having two girls is great. Whenever I need a new size or season, I can find it. 2T sweatshirts? No problem. Size 8 shoes, no problem!But when Oceana grows, we are stuck, stuck, stuck.Maybe you have a...
View ArticleDas Bumpage
Life's busy. I've got kidlets. And a business. And a messy house. And enough errands to drive me absolutely crazy.And I've got a bump! A big bump. But it's not a big bump because there's two babies in...
View ArticleThe truth of the matter
.... is that tonight instead of cleaning my kitchen and folding laundry, I pinned puffy sleeves on a bodice and watched a documentary on Netflix. .... is that tonight I let my oldest stay up and play...
View ArticleNot so long ago...
Once upon a time I didn't understand. Once upon a time I was ignorant to the sorrows of the world. Once upon a time I had no idea. When I was just 9-years-old a babysitter of mine, Rene died tragically...
View ArticleAn exercise in bravery
I remember the first year Matt and I were married. It was an interesting year. Matt worked 30 hours a week and went to school full time. He built stairs.I worked 20 hours a week and went to school full...
View ArticleRecently
Has it really been almost 2 months since I've put any photos of the girls up here? It's ok, you can yell at me. Here's a few photos from recently. I gave up trying to control Oceana's "matching style"...
View ArticleThe Big Reveal
Our little one is doing great. Healthy, with no defects, no issues. Nothing to report. The doctor (high risk, maternal fetal medicine) said, "We don't need to see you again." Awesome. Boring...
View ArticleEtsy Sale
I tried going out to Kohls and Bed, Bath, and Beyond at midnight on Black Friday, came home to sleep for 2 hours, and then went back out to KMart and Joann Fabrics at 5am. It took me 2 full days to...
View ArticleThe wane in blogging
In the past when I've neglected my blog, I'd run back and apologize. I'm sorry I left you! I'm really here still! Here are the reasons for my absence...But the truth is I've lost some of my enjoyment...
View ArticleNaomi according to FB statuses
"Naomi, get your bumbum off the table.""I not bumbum on da table. I have undies!""It's still rude, even with undies."Bye bye penny. We'll see you in a few days..... "Mommy! Da penny! In my mouff! It...
View ArticleChristmas Day
Our little girls gave us until just around 8am to sleep. Thanks to a late Christmas Eve service.They really loved their new sleeping bags Momma made. Naomi is over the moon with her new Rapunzel...
View ArticleTrucks, trains, dirt, and noise
Oh how I wish for trucks, trains, dirt, and noise. Joshua, it's your 4th birthday today. You would have been fully of energy, loud, rough and tumble. Everything your cousin Evan is. Evan will be four...
View ArticleCleaning house, getting bigger, and waiting.
Hi all - I thought I should probably do a quick update before baby's photos show up. Sooner? Later? Sometime between now and mid-April. I'm certainly hoping she comes closer to her due date, because...
View ArticleCora Rose
My "little" beauty arrived Monday, April 9th at 4:52pm. She weighed a very surprising 8lb. 15oz, and is 21in long. By far my biggest.... a whopping 13oz bigger! She is absolutely precious and her...
View ArticleA few thoughts for you tonight
"Is everything sad going to come untrue?" - Samwise Gamgee, LOTR, Tolkein"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea....
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I took down my Moby back wrap tutorial months ago because it's not considered safe by Moby anymore. There are plenty of YT tutorials out there, but I was sick of all the attacking comments on the...
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